Alfred Saker
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Alfred Saker (21 July 1814 in Wrotham, Kent – 12 March 1880 in Peckham) was a British Baptist missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society. In 1858 he led a Baptist Mission that relocated from the then Spanish island of Fernando Po and landed in Southern Cameroons. According to the record, he bought land from indigenous Bimbia chiefs, established a seaside settlement christened Victoria after the reigning British Empress. The settlement was renamed Limbe by decree in 1982 by President Ahmadou Ahidjo of Cameroon.
Alfred James Lymmonds Saker | |
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Born | (1814-07-28)28 July 1814 Wrotham, Kent, United Kingdom |
Died | 12 March 1880(1880-03-12) (aged 65) |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Missionary in Cameroon, Africa |
Spouse | Sarah Ann Helen Jessup (1816-1886) |
Alfred Saker wished to be known under no other designation than a "Missionary to Africa".[1][2]
He was a leader of the early British Baptist missionaries that established churches on Fernando Po Island and Cameroon. His 1844-1876 mission work included translation[3] - between 1862 and 1872 - of the Bible into the Duala language.